A landlord who undertakes major renovation works on leased premises without the tenant's knowledge or consent, destroying the tenant's ability to sub-lease, commits a renunciation of the lease and a sufficiently serious breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment entitling the tenant to terminate. A 'make good' clause expressed to operate at the end of the lease term does not apply when the lease is terminated early for the landlord's breach. The question of whether substantial damages are recoverable for breach of a repair covenant in the absence of financial loss was left open.
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